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From: Eric Marsden <emarsden@mail.dotcom.fr>
Date: 22 Jul 1999 17:28:35 +0200
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>>>>> "hl" == Hugh Lawson <hglawson@nr.infi.net> writes:

  ecm>   ELISP> (setq conn (pg:connect "template1" "postgres" "postgres"))
  ecm>   >> <struct cl ...>
  ecm>   ELISP> (setq res (pg:exec conn "SELECT * from scshdemo WHERE a=42"))
  ecm>   >> <struct cl ...>
  ecm>   ELISP> (pg:result res :status)
  ecm>   >> "SELECT"

  hl> I can't get the hang of doing this. How do you get the ELISP>
  hl> prompt? And what exactly do you type?
  hl> 
  hl> I have succeeded at making the example function work properly.

The "ELISP>" prompt is from typing `M-x ielm' in Emacs (I don't think
that XEmacs has anything like this: it's an inferior emacs-lisp). You
can also type in the sexps using the *scratch* buffer, or using `M-:'.
  
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Eric Marsden
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